Sunday, April 29, 2018

Ex-surfer-turned-businessman Liam Mallaney moved back to Holkham, Norfolk, to mourn the loss of his husband. Grief and loneliness keep him a solitary figure, and he likes it that way. There’s no room in his broken heart for anything else.

Rentboy Zac Payne left London and most of his demons behind, but he still only knows one way to make a living. When he spots Liam in a club one night, it seems he’s found his mark. But Liam proves nicer—and their connection far deeper—than he’d bargained for.

Their arrangement quickly becomes too complicated for Zac, who has other things on his mind: namely his BFF and wayward flatmate, Jamie. Zac owes Jamie the world, and even as Jamie’s drug addiction destroys all they have, Zac won’t leave him behind.

Besides, Liam knows nothing of Zac’s home life, too caught up in his own head to think much beyond the crazy heat he and Zac share. But when trouble comes to Zac’s door, putting his life in danger, Liam must set his grief and anger aside to pick up the pieces of Zac’s shattered heart and his own.Get your copy today from Amazon!Cat gives this one 5 Meows...

I fell in love with both Zac and Liam right away. Zach had me at "it's 100 for a F...k 300 for a night" Yes, I will admit the story had a very pretty woman with an MM twist with some angst thrown in.

Zac is an ex-addict and what he calls an ex-hooker. he has left London with his best friend and trying to go it on his own without a pimp. His friend though is still an addict and has found another pimp. Jamie doesn't show up much, just when he needs to crash, money or some loving from Zac. Their relationship is both endearing and I found it sad. There were times I even rooted for those two to get together.

Bring in Liam. He has lost his husband in an accident and still mourning. He finally goes with a friend to a bar and that's how he meets Liam cruising for a hookup. There is chemistry between these guys. Though they have sex immediately (Zac is a hooker) the relationship developing is a slow burn. But the sex is hot.

I loved this book and all the characters and I cannot wait to read Jamie's story.

She/Her

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Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer, cover artist, and book designer. Her debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards, and was again a finalist in 2017 with Rented Heart.

In 2017, she won the EPIC award in contemporary romance with her military novel, Between Ghosts, and the contemporary romance category in the Bisexual Book Awards with her novel What Remains.

When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.

Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with photographer Dan Burgess.

2 comments:

Thanks for the good review, Cat. I've heard a lot of good things about this (including of course Lambda nom), but I'm shying away from hookers these days (lol) with a pretty woman twist. - Purple Reader, TheWrote [at] aol [dot] com

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